Federal appellate litigation

We represent clients in complex appeals before the federal courts of the United States, with particular experience in matters at the intersection of U.S. and foreign law. Our work includes, among others, cases involving the Hague Convention on the Service of Process Abroad, the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, the Alien Tort Statute, international arbitration enforcement under the New York Convention, and cross-border commercial disputes arising from transactions between U.S. and Latin American parties. We are especially well-positioned to handle appellate matters where Mexican and U.S. legal systems intersect.

In addition to his experience drafting judicial opinions and litigating complex appeals, Eduardo brings a deep understanding of how high courts reason, evaluate arguments, and approach questions of constitutional and statutory interpretation. His years working alongside a Justice of the Mexican Supreme Court provided him with an insider's grasp of judicial methodology at the highest level, an experience that informs the way he analyzes and structures appellate arguments in the United States.

His training in U.S. federal courts, combined with extensive study of the interpretive frameworks commonly used by the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, including a research project at the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, regarding judicial behavior, allows him to anticipate how appellate judges may receive and assess a case. This perspective strengthens the firm's appellate advocacy, helping ensure that briefs speak to the concerns, analytical preferences, and jurisprudential tendencies that shape decision-making in the federal judiciary.

The firm collaborates with trial counsel to refine strategy, preserve key issues, and present appellate courts with the strongest, most compelling version of the case.